MCMC: Violent online content may lead to increase in cyberbullying

Dr Mazlan presenting goodie bags to residents of Rumah Warga Emas Darul Hanan. — BERNAMA

WEBSITES streaming violent content are a major factor in the increase of bullying cases in the country, the Malaysian Comm-unications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) said.

Its Network Security, New Media Monitoring, Compliance and Advocacy chief officer Dr Mazlan Ismail said the existence of such websites, which failed to restrict viewership based on age, had caused the Film Censorship Board’s effort to filter out violent scenes to be unsuccessful.